Futsal Premier League Round 14 Review
Football NSW Futsal Premier League round 14 Saturday night saw Mascot disperse South Coast 4-1 while UTS Northside bettered Mountain Majik 3-2.
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On the goalscoring charts Mark Symington (16 goals for Quake), Enfield guns Anthony Tomelic (15) and Shervin Adeli (13), Mascot’s Andrea Gallina (13), Campbelltown combination Danny Martinez (12) and Dean Lockhart (10), Dural trio Wade Giovenali (10), Bruno Pivato (9) and Blake Rosier (9), Northside’s Grant Lynch (9), Mountan Majik’s Jordan Guirerro (9) and South Coast’s Matt Mazevski (9) round out the summer’s best.
Mountain Majik 2 (Jordan Guirreiro) UTS Northside 3 (Nathan Amore, Jun Arima, Lucas Dawson)
South Coast Taipans 1 (Rentaro Osa) Mascot Vipers 4 ()
Northside topple Mountain
UTS Northside rose to the occasion in a spicy 3-2 win over Mountain Majik at Valentine Sports Park that saw them climb above South Coast and avoid this season’s open men’s wooden spoon.
A Taipans loss to Vipers was all the tonic Northside needed as they fought out a gripping 2-2 first half with Majik, a solitary second-half goal deciding the hot affair – Mountaineer goal scorer Jordan Guirreiro receiving his marching orders in a passionate encounter – as a second UTS win in the last three weeks rescued them from the cellar.
It was the third one-goal contest between the clubs in four meetings and fittingly UTS, a side plagued by tight losses this summer, grabbed the win when it mattered.
Northside’s 36-goal season is the fourth-lowest output in the last six summers, behind Sydney City Eagles 15 goals in 2012/13 and Phoenix 27 in 2013/14 and 33 in 2012/13, but a physical presence at the back kept them in many games.
The Mountaineers were severely hampered by a defence that leaked 71 goals (12 behind Phoenix top mark of 83 last summer) but a strong junior contingent finishing third in the club championship will give them a platform for next season.
Vipers sting Taipans
Mascot Vipers dispatched South Coast Taipans 4-1 at the University Of Wollongong Sports Hub to move into third spot on the ladder, Quake having to beat Magic by four goals in a catch-up game to hold a better for-and-against record.
The visitors sped to a three-goal advantage by halftime and held onto the margin at fulltime and push South Coast into last-place for the season.
The Taipans scored more and conceded less than their maiden premier league foray in 2011/12, and they also uncovered 14 scorers over summer – only Campbelltown and Mascot (15 in 2011/12) have used more scorers in a season – and the fact 12 Coasters scored more than once puts them just one off Dural’s 13 multiple scorers in 2012/13.
In terms of top-flight Futsal exposure, in just two seasons (2011/12 and 2015/16) Taipans have had 25 players score in South Coast colours, which is fifth overall in the last five seasons behind Mascot (41), Enfield (30), Inner West (29) and Campbelltown (28).
Next games
There’s just one match left to play in a thrilling 2015/16 Football NSW Futsal Premier League with Campbelltown Quake tackling Inner West Magic at Minto Indoor Sports Centre on Thursday, February 25 (8pm). Visit the Football NSW website (Futsal tab) for full details.
